Missions category: 1022 books

Near the close of the century, Tom Telford was criss-crossing the country researching the best ways to do and support missions. He found that the top missions churches have active, healthy, innovative programs. With the help of missiologists and church missions pastors, he compiled Today's All-Star...

Thoroughly updated and revised—with half of the chapters new to the second edition—Missiology equips the reader with a vast resource on contemporary missions. This graduate-level introduction is divided into five sections (Introduction to the Study of Missiology, Biblical Basis of Missions, Theology...

“In a rapidly changing world,… the central missionary vision of the church must be constantly renewed, lest its foundations become lost in the confusion of change or its practices trapped in missionary models of the past.” In this second edition of Missions, long-time missionary Gailyn...

"Short Term Missions: Long Term Impact is a fantastic resource for everyone desirous of being a blessing to other nations.  John Overholt packages vitally insightful truth in a style that is caring and easy to grasp.  John's wealth of experience delivered in story and succinct points helps...

This wonderful collection brings together some of the most well-known and influential missionary texts of the last few hundred years. Each text is included in full: • William Carey’s – Obligation to Use Means in the Conversion of Heathen • A.T.Pierson's – The Crisis of Missions...

Foreign Missions planning could take considerable time and use up huge resources but it is worth the effort if the strategic purpose of missions is achieved. Most times Missionaries and their sponsors overlook important management details and end up wasting field resources. Foreign Missions Strategy:...

With over 300,000 copies in print, When Helping Hurts is a paradigm-forming contemporary classic on the subject of poverty alleviation. This stand-alone resource applies the principles of that book specifically to short term missions. Helping Without Hurting: Short Term Missions**Leader’s...

This new addition to a highly acclaimed series portrays the sweep of missions history, revealing how God has fulfilled his promise to bless all the nations. Two leading missionary scholars and experienced professors help readers understand how missions began, how missions developed, and where missions...

When Helping Hurts is a paradigm-forming contemporary classic on the subject of poverty alleviation with over 300,000 copies in print. This stand-alone resource applies the principles of  that book specifically to short-term missions. Helping Without Hurting in Short-Term Missions: Participant’s...

Celebrating their vanguard leadership potential, veteran urban missionary Michael V. Fariss challenges Christian African-American students to create a spiritual uprising for international missions. He writes directly to black students who want to know their career assignments from Jesus Christ and...

"Why are more churches not engaged in practical, substantial ways of taking the gospel to the nations?" When Missions Shape the Mission unpacks a statistical study of traditionally evangelical churches that reveals their anemic level of commitment to the biblical mandate of making...

The dramatic changes that have taken place both in global society and in the church have implications for how the church does missions in the twenty-first century. These trends include the rise of postmodernism, the spiritual decline in the West and the advance of the gospel in the rest of the world,...

This exhaustive theology of missions focuses on theory and biblical mandates for missions as a vital part of theology. George Peters, a foremost missions authority, considers both liberal and conservative views, although his own stance is solidly evangelical.

Effective Christian Missions gives a deep understanding of what missionary work is all about, how important missions are in the expansion of God's Kingdom and how a mission can be accomplished successfully. The book is intended to help the reader understand his/her position and responsibility...